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capitate
cap·i·tate C0087100 (kăp′ĭ-tāt′)adj.1. Enlarged and globular at the tip, as a bone of the wrist having a rounded knoblike end or the stigma of certain flowers.2. Having flowers arranged in a dense headlike cluster.
[Latin capitātus, having a head, from caput, capit-, head; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.]capitate (ˈkæpɪˌteɪt) adj1. (Botany) botany shaped like a head, as certain flowers or inflorescences2. (Zoology) zoology having an enlarged headlike end: a capitate bone. [C17: from Latin capitātus having a (large) head, from caput head]cap•i•tate (ˈkæp ɪˌteɪt)
adj. 1. globose, as certain leaf or flower clusters. 2. enlarged or knob-shaped at the end, as a bone. [1655–65; < Latin capitātus having a head =capit-, s. of caput head + -ātus -ate1] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | capitate - the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpuscapitate bone, os capitatumcarpal, carpal bone, wrist bone - any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates | | Adj. | 1. | capitate - being abruptly enlarged and globose at the tipbiological science, biology - the science that studies living organismscircular, round - having a circular shape |
capitate
capitate[′kap·ə‚tāt] (biology) Enlarged and swollen at the tip. (botany) Forming a head, as certain flowers of the Compositae. capitate
cap·i·tate (kap'i-tāt), [TA] 1. The largest of the carpal bones; located in the distal row. Synonym(s): os capitatum [TA], capitate bone, magnum, os magnum2. Head-shaped; having a rounded extremity. [L. caput (capit-), head] capitate verb To pay or accept payment from a health plan’s enrollees on a per capita basis, such that each person pays a predetermined monthly fee for the medical service, regardless of whether it is used on not; if the available medical services are used, the payment remains fixed, regardless of how much a particular person uses the service.cap·i·tate (kap'i-tāt) [TA] 1. The largest of the carpal bones; located in the distal row.
Synonym(s): capitatebone. 2. Head-shaped; having a rounded extremity. [L. caput (capit-), head]capitate
Synonyms for capitatenoun the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpusSynonyms- capitate bone
- os capitatum
Related Words- carpal
- carpal bone
- wrist bone
adj being abruptly enlarged and globose at the tipRelated Words- biological science
- biology
- circular
- round
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